Phyllostegia.] LABIATAE. 351 
rulate. Whorls generally of 10 or the upper of 8—6 flowers, distant, all 
in the axils of gradually diminishing leaves, forming a loose foliose raceme 
of 6—10‘ in length. Pedicels 3—4. Calyx funnel-shaped, glabrous, 
prominently nerved, 2—3", ampliate io splitting at maturity, the lobes 
lanceolate, finely acuminate, as long as the tube or longer. Corolla 
rous, small, the tube 3—4”, the two lips nearly equal. Stigmatic oanihies 
both truncate. 
Maui! woods of Kula and Ulupalakua. 
8. P. glabra, Benth. in Bot. Reg. XV, no. 1292, and Linnaea, VI, 79. — 
alias erect, much branched, 3—6 ft. high, glabrous. Leaves ovate, 
—6‘ X 2—3‘, on petioles of 1—1'/2‘, cuspidate, sharply serrulate, glossy, 
ue glabrous , pes pale underneath. Floral leaves all bracteiform, 
ovate, petiolate, about 6’ in length, of nearly even size through the whole 
raceme, which measures 6—18‘ when wih fruit. Flowers 3 in each axil, 
raised on a common peduncle of 3—4“, the slender pedicels as long or 
longer, with short setaceous bractlets at the base. Calyx 3—4”, glabrous, 
the triangular acute lobes '/3—1/2 the length of the tube. Corolla large, 
pure white, the tube 8—10”, the lower lip 6“ or more. Stamens equal, 
puberulous. creer arene both clavate, sr equal ate — an 
Lc Hook. 1. —+ P. Chamissonis, Benth. : : 
lc. p. 553. — Prasium abr, Gaud. in Bot. Freye. p. ai tab. “ 
Oahu! in rns from a ft. ard. <A very pena plant, as most branches 
run out into flowering race niga 3 panto white flow 
8 var. — a much ars with a a of 4—6". — P. Macraei, 
Benth. in DC. Prod. 1. ¢ 554. 
. and E. Maui! Pumelei; Lanai! perhaps also Oahu. The later flowers of the 
first form do not come up in size to the early ones, bee in the desig 6 sm mall flowers 
* seem to be the rule. Bentham’s character of P. glabra refers to the variety, while 
Gaudichaud’s has in view the large-flowered form. 
9. P, parviflora, Benth. in DC. Prod. XII, 554, and Linnaea, VI, 6 
“Erect, 2—4 ft. high, gray-tomentose. Leaves ovate, 4—7' X 2'/2—5', on 
petioles of 1!/2—31/2', 8 hortly acuminate, coarsely crenate, elie or 
4—2“ long, ovate-lanceolate. Whorls of 6 flowers; pedicels 4—5“. Calyx 
small, 11/2’, cup-shaped at maturity, with short acute teeth. Corolla 
puberulous, white, with purplish tinge, the tube 4—6”, the spreading 
lower lip scarce sae less. Style-branches nearly equal, both clavate. — 
Gray, lc. p. ar. ® Gaudichaudi. — Hook. & Arn. 1. ¢. p. 93. 
P. iettebichne,: Geo n Bot. Reg. — P. Honolulensis, Wawra (a de 
pauperate form aac weatuns 4—2-flowered). — Prasium parviflorum, Gaud. 
Bot. Freye. p, 453, tab. 65. 
